You know, sometimes I look at my life and see how nearly every part of it could have been so much easier without bulimia, without the constant thoughts going around in my mind. How much more of my life I could have been living and not spending so much time and energy and money on something that was never going to build me up, but tear me down. However, I know I am all the stronger for everything I have gone through…
Author Archives: Barfbag
April
16
The Vintage Explorer
posted by Barfbag
Julie’s explored a lot of places. Sometimes she takes herself on those trips where you wake up in a difference city every day. In between rummaging around in vintage shops and charity work, she runs a blog that’s all about kicking bulimia in the butt, with some good travel and fashion and finance tips along […]
February
25
The Pageant Queen
posted by Barfbag
Mari can’t stand the title ‘beauty pageant’ because of the negative connotations. Yet her experience was anything but negative. Pageants were the thing that saved her from her eating disorder and also the thing that undid her.
December
13
The Amazingly Fit Fitness Guru
posted by Barfbag
For many years, Patricia Moreno’s fans did not know that behind her successful TV fitness career, she had a secret. A really big secret.
October
02
The Plucky Changemaker
posted by Barfbag
Anastasia Amour has one goal: to help women all over the world love their bodies. While that might sound completely impossible she’s already helped 230k over email with her body-love coaching. From all over the world. You might even think she’s reached her lofty dream but there’s many more women hating their bodies, sadly. Anastasia knows the subject of […]
August
18
The Honest Lawyer
posted by Barfbag
Brian Cuban is a best-selling author, lawyer and activist for so many subjects it’s amazing he has time to brush his teeth. He’s a spokesperson for male eating disorders and has been interviewed by Katie Couric, who is also a fucking awesome bulimic (I don’t know but would like to). Brian speaks up about addiction, depression, recovery, […]
July
31
The Truth Teller
posted by Barfbag
Nina’s story is such an important read. Not only because she battled bulimia for years but because she talks so openly about fat shaming. If we see an anorexic girl, as Nina reminds us, “People are concerned and worried for her but you don’t see that for people who are heavy. People don’t worry, they make jokes. We have empathy for the dangerously thin, we have none for the dangerously large.” Read Nina’s story in full…
